Railway brace



June 17, 19124.

J. G. MUELLER RAI LWAY BRACE Filedy March 22, 1923 Patented JuneJ17,1.924s

tassa Nrr orme- "4" JOHN G. MUERLLER, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

RMLWAY BRAGE.

Application ined Marca 22, 192,3.. serial N9. 526,966.

.To all wiz-0m it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN G. MUELLER. a citizen of the United States,residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio. haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway Braces. ofwhich. the following is a specilication.l vreference being had thereinto the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to improvements in railway braces.

The object of the invention is to brace the ball of the rail byadjustable brace members combined with other members which in one formembrace the base of the rail and in a modified form embrace both the weband the base of the rail. v

In the accompanyingF drawings Fig. 1 is a view showing mv inventionapplied to a railway rail. the rail and parts of the braces being insection and the remainder of the braces in elevation;

Fig 1a is a section taken on the line la-laof Fig. 1.

Fig. 2 is a like view showing a modified form in which the inner bracegrips'the web as also the base of the rail. V

Fig. 2a is a section taken on the line 2a2a of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings the numeral 1 designates a railway rail of anyof the kinds in general use. the numeral 2 indicates my outer bracehaving a contact part 3 to engage with the ball of the rail and acontact part 4c which impinges against the upper part of the web. Thisouter brace is bored out at to receive the tie bolt or rod 6 having nuts7 and washers 8. By manipulating these nuts against the washers theupper ends of the outer braces are set firmly against the rail ball andrail web. Their lower ends 9 extend below the tie bolt and impinge atthe point 10 against the uppery inclined surfaces of the filler blocks11 which also are bored out to receive the tie bolt and at their upperends form a chair or seat 12 for the base of the rail. Ledges 13 on thechair embrace the edges of the rail base. To further bind the rail bycontact with the upper faces of its base I provide innerbraces 14 whichlie between the outer braces and the upper faces of the rail base and atthe point 15 bear against the filler blocks and cooperate with them ingrippin the rail base. These inner braces are bore out to receive thetie bolt and in their substantially in :this case comprises one memberinstead of two, as inFig.r1. And in this modified form the ller blockhas a portion 12a which extends downward and is. bored out to receive.the tie bolt .6. The Vfiller block constitutes a chair for the railbase, as indicated at 13a. and has ledges 1Sa to embrace the edge of therail base.

Referring again to the inner braces, 14Ca in this modiliedform it willbe seen that they extend down and have portions 19a for contact with thesurface 10 of the outer braces, just as in the form shown in Fig.. V1.

But the grooves 20a in the outer braces are located not i-n the verticalportion as in Fig. 1 but along the curved part of the inner face toreceive the web 21'nl of each inner brace.

It will now be seen that in the Vform shown in Fig. 1 when one or bothof the nuts on the' tie rods are screwed up and exert pressure againstthe outer braces the effect is to cause the outer braces` the innerbraces and the ller block all to clamp and rigidly hold the rail.

And it will be seen also that in the modi fied form shown in Fig. 2 whenone or more of the nuts on the tie bolt are screwed up to exertvpressure on the outer braces, both outer braces,both inner braces andthe single chair seat willy be forcibly clamped against the rail.

The result in both cases is a iirm and certain holding of the railagainst movement in all directions which the weight and.`

force of trains travelling over it will tend to provide. Y

Having thus fullyxk described my invention, what Vl claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Ina railway rail brace, the combination with outer braces, innerbraces and a filler block, the outer braces adapted to clamp a rail balland to forcethe inner braces against the filler block to cause them togrip the rail base, of a tie bolt adapted to extend through the outerbraces and prcvided with devices :for exerting pressure against theouter braces to produce the clamping action stated.

2. In a railway rail brace, the combination with outer braces, innerbracesyancl a filler block, the outer braces being adapted to brace arail ball to exert pressure on the inner braces to cause them to gripthe upper face of a rail base, and the inner braces aclapteclto eXertpressure on the filler block to cause it to grip other parts of the railbase,.of vtie bolt extending through the outer braces and having devicesadapted to exert pressure aga-inst the outer braces to effect the resultstated.

3. in a railwayY rail brace, the combina tion with outer braces baringupper portions adapted to embrace a rail ball and lower portionsV withan inclined surface, inner braces fitted against upper portions ot theouterbraces and against the upper surfaces of the rail base and av[ille-r block har`A ing portions Wbich forni ,chair tor the rail base,other portions which contact With the inner braces and stillL otherportions which conact with the lower part of the outer bracesI of a tiebolt which extends through said braces and filler block and is providedwith devices to exert a clamping action aga-inst the outer braces toeffect the results stated.

el In a railwaj7 rail brace? the combination with a pair of outer bracesharing in clinefl upper anrlvertical lorrer members a pair of innerbraces slidablr fitted the outer l Eaces and adapted by their i nnerportions to Contact with the rail WebrantlVv Join; Murrina,

